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Mitchell Livestock Auction

Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-10-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-07

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Oct 7

● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022

← Sep 30Oct 7Oct 14 →

Receipts

2,492 head

▲ 88 vs last sale 2,404▲ 130 vs year ago 2,362 · +5.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Very few steers this week, trend not applicable. A higher undertone was noted on steers . Steers 1050-1100 lbs. sold 10.00 higher. Heifers 800-950 lbs. sold 3.00-5.00 higher. Demand was good with many large load lots in todays offering. The next feeder cattle auction will be Oct. 14th, expecting 2000 head of feeders, starting at 9:30 am.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $149.27/cwt on 1,273 head.

Average price

$149.27

1,273 head · 989 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,476

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$246

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$14.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−26.51

vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	896	157.11	1,407	258
Large 1	1,050	148.16	1,556	853
Medium and Large 1-2	814	142.65	1,162	162

One grade step is worth $14.46/cwt here — about $246 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale1,273 hd

149.27

—

SD average8 barns · 16,727 hd

175.78

−26.51

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

23 lots · USDA AMS · Mitchell Livestock Auction - Mitchell, SD

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	681	156.25/cwt	156.25–156.25	1,064	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	721	144.78/cwt	143.50–149.00	1,044	34
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	789	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,128	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	790	153.75/cwt	153.75–153.75	1,215	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	836	143.25/cwt	143.25–143.25	1,198	82
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	869	165.34/cwt	159.50–166.00	1,437	89
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	891	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,225	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	932	148.87/cwt	144.50–150.25	1,387	81
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	953	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,334	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	964	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,523	56
Steers	—	Large 1	1,030	148.66/cwt	146.50–150.25	1,531	552
Steers	—	Large 1	1,070	149.86/cwt	148.50–150.35	1,604	219
Steers	—	Large 1	1,131	140.25/cwt	132.75–144.10	1,586	82
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	618	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	915	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	660	156.10/cwt	156.10–156.10	1,030	85
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	729	136.06/cwt	135.00–140.50	992	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	767	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	1,124	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	819	144.22/cwt	141.50–146.10	1,181	247
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	876	141.42/cwt	140.35–142.10	1,239	263
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	930	137.31/cwt	134.85–145.75	1,277	214
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	966	134.67/cwt	132.75–135.85	1,301	112
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	990	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,188	10
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,015	134.55/cwt	134.00–134.85	1,366	199

This sale against other markets

South Dakota weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every South Dakota auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

South Dakota feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Mitchell Livestock Auction - Mitchell, SD

Thu Oct 7, 2021

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Sioux Falls, SD (LS-SF)

Receipts 2,492Last week 2,404Year ago 2,362

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
199	—	1,015	134.00–134.85	134.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	767	146.50	146.50
85	—	660	156.10	156.10
112	—	966	132.75–135.85	134.67
247	—	819	141.50–146.10	144.22
263	—	876	140.35–142.10	141.42
214	—	930	134.85–145.75	137.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	990	120.00	120.00
20	—	729	135.00–140.50	136.06
12	—	618	148.00	148.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	953	140.00	140.00
14	—	681	156.25	156.25
15	—	790	153.75	153.75
89	—	869	159.50–166.00	165.34
81	—	932	144.50–150.25	148.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
82	—	836	143.25	143.25
34	—	721	143.50–149.00	144.78
21	—	789	143.00	143.00
25	—	891	137.50	137.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	964	158.00	158.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
219	—	1,070	148.50–150.35	149.86
552	—	1,030	146.50–150.25	148.66
82	—	1,131	132.75–144.10	140.25

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.